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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OX_the-lewis-brick-block_San-Diego-CA.html
Known as the Lewis Brick Block, the upper floors were referred to as the Stingaree Hotel in reference to the area's red-light district. The main floor was used for a cigar and tobacco shop, billiard hall and revival center. This Victorian building…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OW_callan-hotel-1878_San-Diego-CA.html
In 1886, Till Burnes leased this structure as his Acme Saloon. Here he kept his menagerie which included a wildcat, noisy monkeys, an anteater, and his pet bear who escaped on a least two occasions. The bear was also known to lick the face or even…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OV_royal-pie-bakery-1884_San-Diego-CA.html
Originally known as the San Diego Steam Cracker Factory, this brick structure has remained a bakery since its construction in 1884. During the first part of the 20th century, when the Gaslamp was deteriorating into a red-light district, the upper …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22OU_montijo-building-1881_San-Diego-CA.html
This one-story building with 12-inch-thick walls was used as John Young's morgue from 1881 to 1885. John Young was the County Coroner, and claimed embalming to be his specialty. The basement vault was surrounded by ropes used to lower caskets into…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22HV_the-buel-town-building-1898_San-Diego-CA.html
With its arched corner entrance, bay window, and corbelled brick cornice, this building reflects the originality of the architects Hebbard and Gill. Gill, the principle designer, had a preference for natural forms, over the highly ornate European …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22HK_madeleine-vincent-dephilippis_San-Diego-CA.html
To a store in San Diego's Little Italy, Vincent DePhilippis (1903 - 1957) and Madeleine Manfredi (1904 -1993) brought their version of the American Dream.
Vincent was born in New York and raised in Naples, Italy. Madeleine was born and raised i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22HI_the-lincoln-hotel-1913_San-Diego-CA.html
This four-story, steel-framed building features distincitive architectural treatment. Conveyed through a red clay tile roof and decorative white glazed ceramic tile on the facade. It was used initially as a wine business on the first floor with a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22HG_yamada-building-1869_San-Diego-CA.html
Although this building was not originally built by or used by Oriental tenants, its has found its home in the Asian community due to a succession of Japanese owners beginning in 1920. Under various proprietors, the structure was used primarily as …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22HE_old-fire-station-number-six_San-Diego-CA.html
From 1915 to 1970, San Diego Fire Department's Original Fire Station 6 proudly served the community of Little Italy. In the workshop on this site some of America's most significant fire service innovations were created by the specialty trade-skill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22H9_little-italy-landmark-sign_San-Diego-CA.html
The Little Italy Landmark Sign was dedicated and lit at the 7th Annual Little Italy Festa on the evening of October 8, 2000. The landmark sign was constructed as a tribute to this immigrant neighborhood which, until the late 1960s, was the hub of …